Alan Smith > Quotes

“Merely knowing about God excludes relating to Him in the name of obeying Him. It demands much from us, but does little to empower us to do any of it well. We learn, but we do not know. We follow rules, but never truly surrender. We conform, but we are not transformed.”
― Alan Smith, Unveiled, The Transforming Power of God's Presence and Voice

“For most of us church folks, the norm has been defined by what we have or haven’t experienced up to this point. Another way of saying this is we’ve allowed our experience to define normal. What we experience determines what is normal; what we consider to be normal is authoritative, and thus our experience becomes our authority. What we have or haven’t experienced sets the bar for what we do and don’t expect from God.”
― Alan Smith, Unveiled, The Transforming Power of God's Presence and Voice

“There is absolutely no biblical expectation of a gospel without power, of a religion without spiritual experience, of doctrine and morals without divine en­counter.”
― Alan Smith, Unveiled, The Transforming Power of God's Presence and Voice